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Our graphic shows the 10 basic categories of gear that you'll need to deck out your home recording studio. Each category has a brief description about the basic audio components used in a modern computer or tablet based home studio today.

For more info and a larger image go to http://www.musicmachineshop.com/10-Types-Of-Equipment-Every-Home-Recording-Studio-Needs.html

This week we published our latest BIG HUGE Build Your Own Home Studio graphic. The previous version has been pretty popular- it’s been shared quite about on Facebook and Twitter. We’d like to think it’s a great guide to get started building your home studio!

The graphic shows the 10 types of audio equipment that that every home recording studio needs. Use it as a guide to help choose the right gear for your dream home studio based on your budget.

Remember, this is a starting point. Your choice of equipment will depend on many factors including your budget, type of music, and what recording or live performance gear you already have.

Be sure to check out our specially priced home recording studio kits. These kits make great starter packages and are guaranteed to save you some serious bucks on your new setup.

#Home Recording Studio #Home Studio Design #Home Recording Studio Equipment

7 Questions To Ask Before Buying An Audio Interface - A Quick Guide

#home recording studio #home recording studio budget #recording interface #audio interface #recording studio set

This BIG HUGE infographic shows you how to build a home recording studio without spending a fortune. Visit http://www.musicmachineshop.com/Build-Your-Own-Recording-Studio-Infographic to see how much studio you can afford.

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How much did you spend for that crappy home studio mic again?

Our friend Mike White guest wrote a 5 part series on how to choose a home recording studio microphone on our home studio blog. He lays out what types of mics there are, how to use them, what to spend, what mics work best with your music style, basically everything you wanted to know about studio mics but were afraid to ask!

Check it out when you get a chance. It could save you from that embarrassing moment when you realize that your buddy's $99 mic sounds so much better than your $1800 Neumann U87 knockoff.

Is it just us or does the Waves PuigChild (AKA Fairchild) 670 Plugin look like it was pulled out of a WW II Russian T-34 tank?

The Home Studio Kit Rode NT1-A Samson C02 Condenser Mics Is A Great Choice For The Home Recording Studio

Ready to step up your home studio mic collection? This just might be the microphone bundle you're looking for!

Ready To Master Mastering?

Good mastering can make or break your audio recordings. You would be amazed at how much a professional mastering job will give your record clarity and depth.

Would you like to learn how to master the way the pro's do it? Join 30 year engineering & producing pro Mike White's Audio Mastering webinar that starts Thursday August 8. http://ow.ly/njoGy

#Home Recording Studio #Audio Mastering Education

Show Some Waves Love!

We love Waves plugins. Especially when they are on sale! This month's Waves Summer Plugin Specials end Wednesday 7/31.

Our favorite plugin bundle Renaissance Maxx is on sale for only $199. Normally the price is $350. That's saving you some serious change. But check out this special offer...

Includes A 20% Waves Training Bonus!

Buy ANY...That's Right...ANY Waves plugin between now and the end of July and we'll send you a SPECIAL CODE WORTH 20% OFF the cost of the Waves Plugins 8 Week Training Webinar offered by the Online Music Production School.

This exclusive offer is for musicmachineshop.com customers only!

So show some love, get educated, & make some awesome music. From your friends at musicmachineshop.com.

It's Not All About The Gear All The Time

We love helping musician's reach their goals. Whether it's song writing, performing, a home recording studio, or a career in engineering and production. But at musicmachineshop.com it's not just all about the gear all the time. Once and a while we get to do something really special. That's what happened a few weeks back when Lori McHale from designing4hope.org contacted us.

Designing4Hope is a Philadelphia based non-profit dedicated to helping critically ill children and their families by giving the kids bedroom makeovers. Lori contacted us about an upcoming project that involved turning part of a bedroom space into a small project studio for Zac has liposarcoma, a malignant form of cancer that develops from fat cells. We were happy to help.

For the project we recommended the Presonus AudioBox Studiokit, M-Audio AV30 monitors, & an Auralalex D36 Rominator Kit. You can see the finished studio here & watch the video of Zak seeing it for the first time here. It's awesome to watch! Lori & her team did a great job turning Zak's space into a home project studio that any musician would be proud of!

I'd like to personally thank Lori & her team for the hard work & dedication to their cause they've shown. Lori & her team are truly making a difference in the lives of others. And really, isn't that what life is all about?

Pro Tools Audio Recording Software And The Creative Process

Jim here.

How many of you really know how to use Avid’s Pro Tools? I mean really know it. How many of you struggled for months to learn Pro Tools, or more likely, how many of you are still struggling to learn enough so that you can concentrate more on the…

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What's New Is Old And What's Old Is New

Jim here.

Not a day goes by that someone doesn’t ask “Which recording interface should I buy? It’s a great question and it’s not something you should do without doing a little research. With that in mind I decided to re-post a short guide that I put…

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